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... Nālanda ; later on we shall be able to return to the subject , and we will now proceed with the history of the Buddha . Bimbisāra , who had ascended the throne at any early age , reigned for no less than thirty years after his ...
... Nālanda ; later on we shall be able to return to the subject , and we will now proceed with the history of the Buddha . Bimbisāra , who had ascended the throne at any early age , reigned for no less than thirty years after his ...
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... Nālanda ; Siladitya ; contest of the Master of the Law against the Little Vehicle . His return to China after sixteen years ' absence ; Hiouen - Thsang's retreat ; translation of the sacred Buddhist books ; death of Hiouen - Thsang ...
... Nālanda ; Siladitya ; contest of the Master of the Law against the Little Vehicle . His return to China after sixteen years ' absence ; Hiouen - Thsang's retreat ; translation of the sacred Buddhist books ; death of Hiouen - Thsang ...
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... Nālanda was situated in one of the most holy parts of Magadha , about thirty miles from the Bodhimanda , the renowned and sacred retreat , where after six years of continual austerities Sakya - muni had at last attained perfect ...
... Nālanda was situated in one of the most holy parts of Magadha , about thirty miles from the Bodhimanda , the renowned and sacred retreat , where after six years of continual austerities Sakya - muni had at last attained perfect ...
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... Nālanda . ' The piety of the kings of that country had not failed to strengthen popular belief by embellishing Nālanda with magnificent edifices . They had successively built six convents , at first separated from each other ; but the ...
... Nālanda . ' The piety of the kings of that country had not failed to strengthen popular belief by embellishing Nālanda with magnificent edifices . They had successively built six convents , at first separated from each other ; but the ...
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... Nālanda , two hundred monks , followed by a crowd of the faithful , came to meet him with parasols , banners , perfumes , and flowers ; they walked round him singing his praises , and then led him to the convent . There , they made him ...
... Nālanda , two hundred monks , followed by a crowd of the faithful , came to meet him with parasols , banners , perfumes , and flowers ; they walked round him singing his praises , and then led him to the convent . There , they made him ...
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Page 326 - I go for refuge to the Buddha. " ' I go for refuge to the Law. " ' I go for refuge to the Order.
Page 98 - Of all things proceeding from cause, the cause of their procession hath the Tathagata explained. The great Sramana has likewise declared the cause of the extinction of all things."2 Tathagatha and 1 Concerning the four truths see: Csoma" Notices," in As. Res., Vol. XX., pp. 294, 303; Burnoufs "Introduction,
Page 331 - ... if he is a human being, a man, and a freeman; if he is out of debt; if he is free from the king's service ; if he has the consent of his parents; if he has attained the age of twenty years ; and if he is provided with the priestly requisites. He is then asked his own name, and the name of his upadya (the priest by whom he is presented for ordination). These things being ascertained, the moderator commands him to advance; and the candidate, addressing...
Page 383 - Lord," inquired the sovereign, " Of what religion was the deity of felicitous advent ? " Each, according to his own faith, propounded the ' ' sassata," and other creeds (as the religion of Buddha).
Page 99 - It is difficult to comprehend how men not assisted by revelation could have soared so high and approached so near to the truth. * * * Besides the five great commandments not to kill, not to steal...
Page 99 - To cease from all wrong-doing, To get virtue, To cleanse one's own heart, — This is the religion of the Buddhas.
Page 198 - without the sincerity of your faith, and the energy of your prayers,. you would not have obtained such a miracle.' The history of superstitions is full of such hallucinations ;. and over-excited imaginations,like that of Hiouen-Thsang, are too ready to receive them, if circumstances permit. The countries the pilgrim travelled through have at all times been given up to the wildest dreams, and when he sees the traces of the Buddha's footsteps, on a large stone on the north bank of the Subhavastu...
Page 375 - Mahakassapa was, at that time, the chief. This high priest having performed the funeral obsequies over the body and sacred relics of the divine teacher ; and being desirous of perpetuating his doctrines for ever, on the seventh day after the lord of the universe, gifted with the ten powers, had demised ; recollecting the silly declaration of the priest...
Page 238 - India is bounded by a great sea ; on the north it is protected by snowy mountains (Himalayas). It is broad at the north and narrow in the south; its shape is like that of a half-moon.' It would have been more correct had he said : 'the shape of a triangle.
Page 220 - HioucnThsang hastened thither to complete his pious mission. Twelve monks were allotted to him, well versed in the explanations of the holy books and the treatises of the Great and Little Vehicle, to revise the translations, correct the style, and write out fair copies under his dictation ; these monks had been carefully chosen from amongst the most talented in the principal convents of the neighbourhood.